Euro, Oil News Lifts Stocks

TOKYO -- Shares rebounded Monday after the Group of Seven nations intervened in foreign currency markets to support the ailing euro and the U.S. opted to release oil reserves .

The Nikkei 225 average rose 174.65, or 1.1%, to close at 15992.90. On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the index of first section issues rose 11.31 to 1478.24. Advancers led decliners, 796 to 480, with 143 issues unchanged. Volume was 439 million shares.